他解释说：“如果蚁群已经找到了一种可靠的方法来确定蚁巢和食物源之间的最佳路线，那么公司经理们就会想，为什么不利用这种知识呢？”
He explains, "If ant colonies had worked out a reliable way to identify the best routes between their nest and food sources, the company managers figured, why not take advantage of that knowledge?"
恩威洛斯咨询公司的客户群覆盖世界各地2000多家机构。
Enviros Consulting has a client base of more than 2,000 organizations worldwide.
即使在最好的情况下，来自更大、更成熟的公司的激烈竞争也使得小公司难以扩大他们的客户群。
Even in the best of circumstances, fierce competition from larger, more established companies makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases.
米勒参观了一家德州天然气公司，该公司成功地应用了基于蚁群行为的公式来“优化其工厂和卡车的路线”。
Miller visited a Texas gas company that has successfully applied formulas based on ant colony behaviour to "optimise its factories and route its trucks".
相比之下，外部系统是公司与其客户群之间的接口。
By contrast, an external system serves as an interface between a company and its customer base.
快餐公司必须由一群厚脸皮的人经营。
它还要求公用事业公司以优惠价格购买风能，从而保证投资者有一个客户群。
It also mandated that utilities purchase wind energy at a preferential price—thus guaranteeing investors a customer base.
但不久后一群公司发现售卖专用软件是一笔有利可图的生意。
But companies soon discovered that selling proprietary software can be a very profitable business.
此前一年这家公司才刚刚从一群私人投资者那里获得了启动资金，此后，风险投资基金们也加入了进来。
The company had raised its seed capital only a year before from a group of private investors, who had later been joined by venture-capital funds.
直到一个月以前丰田危机爆发前夕，一帮分析师对丰田和其他一些公司的关注，跟一群拉拉队没有什么分别。
Up until a month ago, just before the crisis broke, Toyota was one of those companies that wasn't followed by a community of analysts so much as by a squad of cheerleaders.
这部喜剧展现了一群就职于造纸公司的古怪员工的职场幽默。
The comedy featuring a group of idiosyncratic employees at a paper company can offer some business humor.
该公司有一群MIT科学家成立于2001年。
IBM是这群公司中新增的一员，它对工人给予财政激励(比如廉价的药品共同支付)，以此鼓励工人减轻体重和定期锻炼。
IBM is among a growing band of companies that offer workers financial incentives (such as cheaper medical co-payments) to encourage them to lose weight and exercise regularly.
这个数字非常庞大，但并不具有绝对优势 —当然，没有公司会将 20%的用户群拱手与人。
That's a large majority, but not an overwhelming one—certainly no company can afford write off 20% of its customer base out of hand!
但是，管理层也会让你和改变公司命运的一群人一起共事，在危机时期，他们正是你理想的合作伙伴。
But, they also allow management to associate you with the people who are making a difference for the company. In a time of layoffs, this is the group with whom you want to be associated.
但是该公司还同意与一群员工代表谈判更大幅度的加薪。
But the company had also agreed to meet with a group of employee representatives to negotiate a bigger raise in pay.
多个用户群属于不同的组织单位或公司。
Multiple user populations belonging to different organizational units or companies.
例如，谷歌（Google）就是在一大群搜索引擎公司破产后建立起来的。
Google, for example, got started justafter a clutch of other search-engine firms crashed.
鸿海表示，2月19日清早，在juarez，一群正在等候公司班车的夜班工人“开始不约而同地用手帕蒙住脸部”，他们大约有30人左右。
According to Hon Hai, on the morning of February 19 in juarez, a group of about 30 workers waiting for a company bus after the night shift "began to cover up their faces with bandanas in unison".
人们要记住，现在的公司可以被我们定义为没有道德的一群人，因为他们只效忠于公司股东，而不是为公共的利益服务。
It is well to remember that the modern corporation is an amoral creature by definition, obliged to its shareholder financiers, not to the public interest.
当然了，排除掉这个人，在公司我还是有一小群完全值得信任的朋友。他们对公司爱恨交加，所以会经常留意其他的工作机遇，为跳槽随时准备着。
However, aside from him, I had a small group of friends who were totally honest about their love-hate relationship with the company and were exploring other options.
我国国内的经济复苏将取决于出口和美国公司开发亚洲广阔和不断增长的消费基群的能力。
Our economic recovery at home will depend on exports and the ability of American firms to tap into the vast and growing consumer base of Asia.
公司计划与雅虎日本联手挖掘年龄大些的客户群。
Plans to branch out to older customers in alliance with Yahoo Japan.
该公司与其客户群和重要提供商之间具有强大的合作关系，并在客户满意度、产品专业技术和总体价值方面受到高度好评。
The company has strong partnerships with its customer base and key suppliers, and is rated highly for customer satisfaction, product expertise, and overall value.
如果经济衰退开始，公司必须裁员，这群敬业的员工也许会成为一个劣势。
If a recession is beginning and employees have to be laid off, a dedicated workforce might be a weakness.
公司有可能在这个客户群身上赚取更多的利润，因为城市货运的成本已比从前更低。
Margins for these customers are likely to be higher because the cost of distributing products in cities is lower.
虽然现在还不知道失业的CEO到底有多少，但猎头公司表示这一群体数量在增加。
No one knows how many out-of-work CEOs are looking for corner office suites, but recruiters say their Numbers are growing.
得克萨斯州的第一大城市休斯敦是美国最大的能源公司的总部，它为一群活跃的能源交易公司和对冲基金的出现提供了平台。
Houston, the largest city in Texas, is home to America's biggest energy firms, which have spawned an active cluster of energy traders and hedge funds.
得克萨斯州的第一大城市休斯敦是美国最大的能源公司的总部，它为一群活跃的能源交易公司和对冲基金的出现提供了平台。
Houston, the largest city in Texas, is home to America's biggest energy firms, which have spawned an active cluster of energy traders and hedge funds.
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